Histiocytoid breast carcinoma: An enigmatic lobular entity

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 654-659

  Tan, Puay Hoon ^a   Harada, Oi ^a   Thike, Aye Aye ^a   Tse, Gary Man Kit ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; UVOMORULIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; APOCRINE CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAT NECROSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOID BREAST CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE;

APOCRINE GLANDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTIC DISORDERS, MALIGNANT; HISTIOCYTOSIS, SINUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960735880     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2011.088930     Document Type: Review

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